Song of the Day: Mama's Broke - How It Ends

Another sad song.  What can I say?  I love this sad, poignant song about a failed relationship.

But it's not all sad!  Even though it ended, the singer has to admit that it wasn't all bad.  Although maybe, based on the quote below, she doesn't want to remember that "the best [she's] ever had" was someone who let her down so badly.

What can I say, we've all been there.  Or at least I hope we have--I think.  Sometimes you have to take the bad with the good, in order to taste the good.  Look back and realize, oh man, there were some great times, hopefully, in any relationship.

Mama's Broke - How It Ends (Official Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1sLVRceymU

All of the love could never be enough

To cover up the ugly and the sad

But honey if I could, I’d cover up the good

Cause even when it was bad, you were the best I’vе ever had

Then again, later in the song: 

Even when it was bad, you were the best I’ve ever had

Now I know how it ends

But I should have known then

Song lyrics, from Genius:

https://genius.com/Mamas-broke-how-it-ends-lyrics

How It Ends Lyrics

[Verse 1]

All those nights you wouldn’t dance with me

You spent the whole time smoking

And avoiding all my friends

I should have known then

[Verse 2]

Down at the bottom, sitting in the car

You left me on the hilltop

To mourn alone the passing of my friend

I should have known then

I should have known then

[Chorus]

All of the love could never be enough

To cover up the ugly and the sad

But honey if I could, I’d cover up the good

Cause even when it was bad, you were the best I’vе ever had

[Verse 3]

You came in crying, sworе you needed God

Said it broke your heart to go

But I was in your way

There’s nothing left to say

So many lies that all begin this way. A home with a garden, and “I’m yours forever darling” But you wrote the same old story in another woman’s bed Just like all the other men I should have known then

[Chorus]

All of the love could never be enough

To cover up the ugly and the sad

But honey if I could, I’d cover up the good

Even when it was bad, you were the best I’ve ever had

Now I know how it ends

But I should have known then

Song of the Day: Strawberry Runners - Look Like This

Have I mentioned before that I love finding new music?  You, my seven listeners*, know I do!

I LOVE the vibe of this song.

Strawberry Runners - Look Like This

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_Sog7_2Dho

I've got needs

I can't pinpoint

It's a comedy

I'm just a decoy

Lyrics, from Genius.com:

https://genius.com/Strawberry-runners-look-like-this-lyrics

Look Like This

Strawberry Runners

Listen to me

I'm not half right

But if I could be

I'd never put up a fight

I've got needs

I can't pinpoint

It's a comedy

I'm just a decoy

And you

Are you the catalyst?

Or you

Are you the monolith?

And if I could see it

Like Patrick

I wouldn't be so sick

I'd be a big hit

But on the count of three

I'm gonna wake up

I'm gonna shake this dread

I'm gonna clean my head

And you

You don't exist

And you

You look like this

And you

You don't exist

And you

You look like this

And you

You look like this

And you

You look like this

And you

* estimated     :)

Song of the Day: Dengue Fever - Seeing Hands

I've always loved this song, but I happened to listen to it again recently and look up the lyrics.  Obviously I don't know what they are singing.  But check out this translation, wow!!  It's more intense than I realized!

Seeing Hands

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGINn-PKlAA

Lyrics from Genius.com:

https://genius.com/Dengue-fever-seeing-hands-lyrics

Seeing Hands

Dengue Fever

Forest of pine trees on the ocean floor

Self-hypnotized from holding still for hours

Drift out to sea, frozen

Forgetting how to move muscle

First I'm going to heat you up

And then I'm going to freeze you

So that you can think

Of all the ways you hurt me

Then, after thousands of years

If I'm in a good mood

I'll let you crawl out

Crawl out from your cave

I've given you everything I have

And you wasted it all

Now it's winter time

And you can suck on a hair ball

And chew on dry fish bones

Then, if I'm in a good mood

We can go for a walk

Roll down a grass hill

Soak our feet in the river

Song of the Day: The Japanese House - Boyhood

Another song that captures a vibe, both music and lyrics.  Listen, and pay attention to the lyrics.  I can totally relate.  Maybe we all can.

I could have been somebody who

You wanted to have around to hold

I should have jumped when you told me to

I wanna change but it's nothing new

And if I grow I gotta get so old

Will you hold me like you always do

The Japanese House - Boyhood (Official Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE0PSlNVN0Q

Lyrics from AZLyrics.com:

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/japanesehouse/boyhood.html

The Japanese House Lyrics

"Boyhood"

I could have been somebody else but

I've been out looking for me

It doesn't matter what I tell myself

For a moment there I swear I saw me

I went to meet to somebody new

Changed beneath the evening light

And she held me kind of like you do

I hope you know

I could have been somebody who

You wanted to have around to hold

I should have jumped when you told me to

I wanna change but it's nothing new

And if I grow I gotta get so old

Will you hold me like you always do

I used to be somebody else and

I'm still out looking for me

I go out and try to chase myself

Find someone that might restore me

I could have been somebody new

And I'm talking to myself again

But I don't know who I'm talking to

I think it's you

I could have been somebody who

You wanted to have around to hold

I should have jumped when you told me to

I wanna change but it's nothing new

And if I grow I gotta get so old

Will you hold me like you always do

I could have been somebody who

You wanted to have around to hold

I should have jumped when you told me to

I wanna change but it's nothing new

And if I grow I gotta get so old

Will you hold me like you always do

Song of the Day: Ólafur Arnalds - and we’ll leave it there… (feat. Ella McRobb)

Well, this is why I subscribe to so many music podcasts.  Yes, a lot of the music I hear on them is crap.  But every now and then there are gems.  Such as this one.  So beautiful.  Sad, but beautiful.

Ólafur Arnalds - and we’ll leave it there… (feat. Ella McRobb)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDC3lc_5xc8

Song lyrics, from Genius.com:

https://genius.com/Olafur-arnalds-and-ella-mcrobb-and-well-leave-it-there-lyrics

And we’ll leave it there...

Ólafur Arnalds & Ella McRobb

[Verse 1]

Settle down, don't say a word

It's all been said before

It's too late now

There's a weight upon my chest

That wasn't there before

It lives here now

[Pre-Chorus]

And it hurts, oh, it hurts so bad

And I know that I don't deserve that, mm

[Chorus]

So when I open my eyes in the morning

And you're not there

It'll be you in my heart that I'm holding

And you won't care

So let's leave it there, mm-mm

[Verse 2]

All the sparks that used to fly

Are burning on my skin

Fading into nothing

And all the time we had for us

Is going with the wind

Can someone let the light in?

[Pre-Chorus]

And it hurts, oh, it hurts so bad

And I know that I don't deserve that

[Chorus]

So when I open my eyes in the morning

And you're not there

It'll be you in my heart that I'm holding

And you won't care

So when my lungs cannot breathe anymore in

And I've laid it bare

It'll be you in my heart that I'm holding

And you won't care

So let's leave it there, oh-oh

Song of the Day: Tkay Maidza - Where Is My Mind? (Pixies Cover)

Okay, I admit it.  I found out about this song via the ubiquitous Apple AirPods Pro commercial.  Does it matter?  I'll take good music no matter where I find it, thank you.  And it is a very good commercial.  :)

Would it be wrong to say that I love all of the videos below?  Of course not.

This is the song, a cover of an already great song.

Tkay Maidza - Where Is My Mind? (Pixies Cover)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFfGf1-y1Bs

This is the original.

Pixies - Where Is My Mind? (Official Lyric Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ62RzJkYUo

And this is the commercial.

The new AirPods Pro | Quiet the noise | Apple

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVW8-px4Ufw

Song lyrics, from AZLyrics.com:

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pixies/whereismymind.html

"Where is My Mind"

Oh - stop

With your feet on the air and your head on the ground

Try this trick and spin it, yeah

Your head will collapse

But there's nothing in it

And you'll ask yourself

Where is my mind?

Where is my mind?

Where is my mind?

Way out in the water

See it swimmin'

I was swimmin' in the Caribbean

Animals were hiding behind the rock

Except a little fish bumped into me

Swear he was trying to talk to me, coy koi

Where is my mind?

Where is my mind?

Where is my mind?

Way out in the water

See it swimmin'

With your feet on the air and your head on the ground

Try this trick and spin it, yeah

Your head will collapse

If there's nothing in it

And you'll ask yourself

Where is my mind?

Where is my mind?

Where is my mind?

Way out in the water

See it swimmin'

Oh

With your feet on the air and your head on the ground

Oh

Try this trick and spin it, yeah

Oh

Oh

Song of the Day: Sia - Breathe Me

Tremendous song, so much emotion.  We've all been there.  Not a new song but worth posting.

Sia - Breathe Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghPcYqn0p4Y

Lyrics, from AZLyrics.com:

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/sia/breatheme.html

"Breathe Me"

Help, I have done it again

I have been here many times before

Hurt myself again today

And the worst part is there's no one else to blame

Be my friend

Hold me, wrap me up

Unfold me

I am small and needy

Warm me up

And breathe me

Ouch, I have lost myself again

Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found,

Yeah, I think that I might break

Lost myself again and I feel unsafe

Be my friend

Hold me, wrap me up

Unfold me

I am small and needy

Warm me up

And breathe me

Be my friend

Hold me, wrap me up

Unfold me

I am small and needy

Warm me up

And breathe me